The size of the car has no influence on how much comfort a rearfacing seat takes away in front. The adults in the front seats and the car interior are the determining factors. A large car might not have heaps of room in the passenger area. A small car can have good room for a rearfacing seat
Der kan forekomme fotos af stolen i biler lånt hos en forhandler./Some photos are taken at car dealerships.

Some of the photos taken at car dealships include “Yours Truely” in order to give a better indication for the leg space for a 180 cm tall person. That is 5ft 11″.

Photos are used with kind permission from parents and car dealerships.

This family needed two seats for their twins. They had two cars: One VW Passat estate 2001 and a Saab 9-3 . estate. The Saab was brought along for the test fitting because this is the car that they use the most. It was unknown wether or not the Passat had isofix. But VW was among the first to install the system into their cars in the late 1990s. They would not mark the seats with isofix labels back then. The Saab on the other hand had the labels in place.

Besides the isofix points on the two outer rearseats, the Saab was also equipted with so-called eyelets – also referred to as tether loops preinstalled on the front seat runners. These are for installing belted rearfacing car seats´ tether straps.

The isofix system was potioned very deep in this car. So in order to make the installation of isofix seats easier, the plastic caps that come with the seats were attached to the isofix system in the car in order to expose them.

The girls were able to sit unassisted and weighed 10 kg.

The seats were tested behind the driver´s seat as there is less room fornt to back here than behind the front passenger seat.

The seat was really easy to install. The tether straps were put in the preinstalled tether loops. Space requirements were excellent and the girld vould be safely strapped in. recline angle was good.